Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 02:27:19 +0900 From: Shigio Yamaguchi <shigio@tamacom.com> To: Michael Kennett <mike@laurasia.com.au> Cc: shigio@tamacom.com (Shigio Yamaguchi), freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GNU GLOBAL Message-ID: <199909191727.CAA01005@tamacom.com> In-Reply-To: Message from Michael Kennett <mike@laurasia.com.au> of "Sat, 18 Sep 1999 22:09:17 %2B0800." <199909181409.WAA22184@laurasia.com.au>
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Michael Kennett wrote: > As the owner/author of a piece of software, you can distribute the source > code under any license that you like (GNU/BSD/Artistic etc...). Indeed, there > is no reason to choose just a single license under which you distribute your > code -- it should be possible for you to distribute the code under *both* > the GPL and the BSD licenses. It's possible. But it doesn't satisfy the idea of GPL. The purpose of GPL is to keep free software from becoming non-free software. So, distributing codes under both of GPL and a milder license like BSD is meaningless for GPL, because the milder license becomes an escape. I'm not particular about license but couldn't ignore the idea of license. > Does the license really matter? Surely the important consideration is quality > of the code? I agree with you. -- Shigio Yamaguchi - Tama Communications Corporation Mail: shigio@tamacom.com, WWW: http://www.tamacom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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